Today's sports calendar and upcoming area events

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Mar 8, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Today's sports calendar and upcoming area events

From staff reports

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLE.D. White Catholic at Teurlings Catholic Tournament.Houma Christian, Vandebilt Catholic and South Terrebonne at Central Catholic Tournament.Terrebonne at Terrebonne Tournament.Ellender at Chalmette Tournament.Covenant Christian Academy and South Lafourche at South Lafourche Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLE.D. White Catholic at Parkview Baptist Tournament.Thibodaux, Houma Christian and Ellender at Central Catholic Tournament.Assumption, Central Lafourche, Vandebilt Catholic, Terrebonne and South Terrebonne at Hahnville Tournament.Covenant Christian Academy at St. John Tournament.H.L. Bourgeois at St. Amant Tournament.

UPCOMING AREA EVENTSToday. The Thibodaux Express AAU boys basketball program is seeking head coaches and assistant coaches for the 2013 AAU basketball season. Experience is not necessary, but enthusiasm and dedication are required. If interested, call Brian Rhodes at 438-0953.

Today. The Terrebonne Parish Sportsman's League has a variety of events upcoming. The League will host a general membership meeting on March 12 at the East Park Recreation Center at 8533 E. Park Ave. in Houma. There will also be a children's rodeo at the Point-Aux-Chenes Marina on May 4 and a crawfish boil for members on May 14 at the East Park Recreation Center. For more information, contact Sportsman's League vice president Jason Magee at 688-3405 or secretary Troy Bonvillain at 804-7504.

Today. The Louisiana Magic girls softball travel organization is looking for a couple 11-12-year-old players to fill out its roster for the upcoming spring/summer season. The players cannot have turned 13 after Jan. 1. For information, contact Deanna Cunningham at 209-7789.

Today. The Cajun Youth Athletic Association is holding registration for its Cal Ripken (9-12 by May 1) and Babe Ruth (13-15 by May 1) local spring/summer baseball season in Houma. The cost is $50 for the Cal Ripken league per season and $60 for the Babe Ruth league per season. For information, contact president Roy Himel at 791-9803, secretary Tracy Bourg at 232-3329, Cal Ripken director Shawn Chaisson at 637-4727 or Babe Ruth director Aaron Dazee at 709-3131.

Saturday. The Louisiana Naturals Baseball Team (9-and-10-year-olds) will host a four-man scramble golf tournament at 8 a.m. Saturday at La Tour Country Club in Lockport. The cost is $500 a team, which includes a golf pack, the round of golf with a cart, door prizes, food and drinks and entries into the long drive and closest to the pin contests. Hole sponsorships are available. For information, contact Shawn Olivier at 985-278-1637 or Josh Fabre at 985-665-6090.

Sunday. The Nicholls State University softball team will hold Junior Colonels Day at the Ball Park for Sunday's game against Lamar. Sunday's game begins at 1 p.m. Following the game, the team will have an autograph session. The team will also hold a Junior Colonels Camp from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the softball field. The cost is $40 (cash only) and is for ages 14 and under. Reservations are required. The camp is designed to develop fundamental and some advanced concepts of softball. Participants are asked to glove and bat. To reserve a spot, contact coach Jessica Seamon at jessica.seamon@nicholls.edu or call 448.4963.

March 15. The 26th Annual LSU Fighting Tigers Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held March 15 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The tournament, sponsored by the Bayou Bengal Booster Club Inc., will be an 18-hole, five-man team scramble (four amateur golfers with either an LSU coach, past athlete or celebrity). It begins with shotgun start tee times at 7:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. The cost is $850 per team or $210 per player. Also a mulligan has been added to the entry fee, which includes golf cart, green fees, lunch, beer and soft drinks. The deadline to enter is Thursday. Prizes will be awarded to the low net and low gross scores for both tee times. Prizes will also be awarded to closest to the hole on Nos. 4, 8, 13 and 17, longest drive on No. 16, straightest drive on No. 2 and hole in one. For information, call Eddie Pullaro at 868-3500 or Darryl Brue at 852-1625.

March 15-16. The Gridiron Alumni returns to the area to host two alumni football games.The first alumni game is South Terrebonne vs. Ellender at Thibodaux High at 6 p.m. March 15. The second game is South Lafourche at Central Lafourche at 6 p.m. March 16. Gates open at 5 p.m. each day. Both games are tiebreakers as each team has a victory over the other since Gridiron Alumni began hosting games in the area. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with an ID. Children 5 and under get in free. A portion of the proceeds go to the host schools and since 2010, $150,000 has been raised for charities through Gridiron Alumni football. Player spots are still open and any interested can go to www.gridironalumni.com to register. Anyone looking for more information can go to the website or contact Chris Hall at 530-410-6396.

March 15-17. Ascension Catholic Middle School is looking for teams to participate in a fastpitch softball tournament on March 15-17 at the South Louisiana Fairgrounds in Donaldsonvile. The tournament is open for all 14U, 12U and 10U middle school and tournament teams. There will be no entry and umpire fees. For information, call Billy Guillot 225-717-1491, Kelly Boudreaux 225-910-6399 or Gino Palermo 225-235-9003.

March 18. Vandebilt Catholic will host its 2013 Terrier Club Golf Classic at Ellendale Country Club in Houma on March 18. The golf classic, which will be a 18-hole, four-man team scramble tournament, will have its shotgun starts at 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 18. The entry fee is $540 per team, which includes golf cart, green fees, mulligans, prizes and lunch and drinks on the course. The tournament will also have closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There are closest-to-the-hole and longest-drive contests. There will also be low gross/blind bogey prizes for both flights. For information, contact Vandebilt athletic director Laury Dupont at 413-0968 or visit www.vandebiltcatholic.org.

March 22. The Thibodaux High School boys and girls soccer programs will be raising money through a shrimp boil on March 22 at the school's stadium. Lunch (beginning at 11 a.m.) and dinner plates are available for $10 each, and lunch deliveries, designed to be sent to local businesses, will be available on orders of 10 or more plates. To place orders, call Thibodaux High at 985-447-4071.

March 23. The 21st Annual Eric T. Andolsek Memorial Bass Tournament will be held on March 23 at Bob's Bayou Black Marina in Gibson. The tournament is presented by the Golden Tigers Club and the Eric Andolsek Charitable Fund. For information, call Reggie at 225-265-7766, Andy at 447-3826 or Ruffin at 447-7042.

March 23. Professional boxers and Houma native Morgan "Big Chief" Fitch will be returning home for a professional fight on March 23 at the Evergreen Cajun Center in Gray. In Ya Face Fight Productions will present the fight card "Revenge of the Titans." The doors are scheduled to open at 6 p.m. with the show scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20, $50 and $100 and can be purchased at 227-0070.

June 10. The H.L. Bourgeois High School Third Annual "Renewing the Reservation" Golf Tournament will be June 10 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The four-person scramble costs $400 per team. There are morning (7:30 a.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.) flights. For more information, call 804-1260 or email: hlbboosterclub@yahoo.com.

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